New Zealand: A Tourist Deathtrap
Posted by feww on February 4, 2008
Welcome to New Zealand!
And how long will you be staying with us, ma’am?
You are twice more likely to be killed on New Zealand roads than in Germany
Four members of a Chinese family from Hong Kong, including a girl aged 10, were the latest victims of New Zealand Tourism. The only surviving member of the family, a 30-year-old woman, is in serious condition.
https://feww.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/new-zealand-tourism-claims-more-victims/
Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10499553
And will you be playing New Zealand Roulette, or have you booked other games?
[Note: NZ government agencies have declined to provide the relevant stats on the numbers of assaults and murders of foreigners.]
A 25-year-old Korean national was killed on NZ State Highway 2 (Feb 17, 2008 ) http://www.stuff.co.nz/4405769a11.html
Two Koreans were injured in tourist bus collision. (Feb 17, 2008 )
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4405812a11.html
Three seriously hurt in vicious Queenstown street attack: “It was a very serious assault,” police said. (Feb 17, 2008 )
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4405769a11.html
A 57-year-old American tourist fell to his death after missing unmarked “path” in Mt Cook
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4394988a11.html
A British tourist killed in bus crash, fate of the other seriously injured tourists unknown
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4384845a11.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4386040a6009.html
Roads claim nine lives during weekend
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080204/3/3ua9.html
One person is dead and two seriously injured in a tourist bus collision yesterday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4354764a11.html
Crash raises road toll to 11 for January
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4342068a10.html
Tourist bus crashes with van, 1 dead.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4356238a6570.html
Three female Korean tourists, aged 18, 19, and 34, had their right arms amputated after the crash. Another passenger suffered a fractured eye socket.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4322877a11.html
Eight Chinese tourists were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4240038a23955.html
West Coast bus crash injures 21 overseas tourists [with 10 receiving severe injuries such as fractured limbs.]
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4273025a6047.html
One tourist was killed and Eight others are in a critical condition after a head-on crash in Waikato. http://www.stuff.co.nz/4342236a11.html
22 foreign tourists run for their lives after their bus catches fire
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10485349
A 46-year-old Malaysian woman was raped in Auckland
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10492627
- “Lousy NZ drivers blamed for high death toll”
- 3rd Tourist Bus Gutted by Fire: “Lucky” Tourists Scape Death!
Road Death toll February 2008: Month-to-date (Land Transport New Zealand)
Road Death toll: Month-to-date (Land Transport New Zealand)
As at 18 Feb 2008 : 28 deaths
Same time last year: 10 deaths
[Data retrieved on Feb. 18, 2008 from the URL: http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/research/toll.html%5D
Road Death toll: Month-to-date (Land Transport New Zealand)
As at 20 Feb 2008 : 27 deaths (!)
Same time last year: 14 deaths
[Data retrieved on Feb. 20, 2008 from the URL: http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/research/toll.html%5D
[Caution: NZ govt. statistics ARE doctored! New Zealand is probably the only country in the world where the dead are statistically resurrected for aesthetic reasons!]
Road Deaths as at 02 May 2008: 425
Same time last year: 404
How many of the dead are tourists? We’ll never know!
How many tourists murdered, killed, “accidentally” lost their lives … in the last 12 months?
WE WILL NEVER KNOW! And that’s what makes NZ such a fascinating tourist deathtrap!
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Fire Earth 
msrb said
Tourist cruise ships with up to 1200 passengers in New Zealand top tourist ports are berthed just meters from open air spots where logs are fumigated with methyl bromide.
Report
Methyl bromide (bromomethane) is an odorless, colorless nonflammable gas used to fumigate crops, logs and goods. Bromomethane is on the list of banned ozone-depleting substances of the Montreal Protocol.
“Health effects
“If inhaled in high concentration for a short period, it produces headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and weakness; this may be followed by mental excitement, convulsions and even acute mania. More prolonged inhalation of lower concentrations may cause bronchitis and pneumonia.
“The liquid burns the skin, producing itching and reddening, then blisters several hours after contact. Both liquid and vapor severely damage the eyes.
“Exposure levels leading to death vary from 1,600 to 60,000 ppm, depending on the duration of exposure.
“The respiratory, kidney, and neurologic effects are of the greatest concern to people.”
Source: wikipedia